ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Dynamic Changes of the Mu Us Sandy Land
and Relevant Causes
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School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Submission date: 2020-07-01
Final revision date: 2020-10-08
Acceptance date: 2020-11-28
Online publication date: 2021-04-08
Publication date: 2021-07-07
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(4):3815-3827
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In this research, panel data and variance analysis were used to study the dynamic changes of the Mu
Us sandy land from 2000 to 2015 along with relevant causes. It was found that the forest coverage in
the relevant areas of the Mu Us sandy land increased continuously, and the corresponding growth was
evident in some social and economic factors. Through a fixed-effects model, it was concluded that there
was a remarkable positive correlation between GDP and forest coverage in this region; that is, for every
1% increase in GDP, the forest coverage in this region would increase by 1.876%. In addition, ANOVA
showed that policies, including The National Plan for Combating Desertification (2005-2010) and The
National Plan for Combating Desertification (2011-2020) also played a significant part in increasing
forest coverage.